Modelling choice when price is a cue for quality a case study with Chinese wine consumers

Journal of Choice Modelling

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-39

  Palma, David ^a   Ortúzar, Juan de Dios ^a   Rizzi, Luis Ignacio ^a   Guevara, Cristian Angelo ^b   Casaubon, Gerard ^c   Ma, Huiqin ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Center for Research and Innovation   (Chile)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Experience good; Hybrid choice models; Latent variables; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977103603     PISSN: 17555345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocm.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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